Tag: Hospital safety

Reports show that an estimated 50% of adult patients discharged from hospitals experience medication discrepancies or errors, with older adults and those taking multiple medications being at higher risk. This statistic highlights the critical importance of understanding what is a drug reconciliation, a systematic process for ensuring medication accuracy and patient safety.

Surgical site infections (SSIs) occur in 1-5% of surgeries, a significant risk for patients. To combat this, healthcare providers often use the brown stuff they put in your nose before surgery, which is an antiseptic called povidone-iodine, as a key preventative measure.